A fraudster who pretended to be in a coma for two years was caught by police going on shopping trips and holidays with his family.

But he was caught by police going on shopping trips and holiday with family

Had been living off benefits after claiming he suffered massive neck injury

CCTV showed him walking around Tesco and driving his car to Dorset

He admitted 19 charges of forgery, fraud and theft over more than a year 

Judge calls Knight a 'very accomplished and determined actor' saying that he was 'nothing like in the condition he claims to be'

A fraudster who pretended to be in a coma for two years was caught by police going on shopping trips and holidays with his family.

Conman Alan Knight of Swansea, South Wales, faked being in a vegetative state after he scammed his next door neighbour out of £40,000.

The 47-year-old tried to beat justice by claiming he was a quadriplegic - his family said he was hooked up to oxygen and had no movement from the neck down.

The court was told how he 'systematically' funnelled £41,570 out of the pensioner's bank account which he used to pay for holidays and to buy a caravan in Dorset.

The father-of-three was caught on CCTV at the Severn bridge toll on the M4 as he travelled back from the south coast.

He was also captured on CCTV in Tesco stores across the country after police traced the use of the family's loyalty club card.

Officers tried 'at least twice' to bring him to court but each time he admitted himself to hospital claiming his condition had worsened.

Swansea Crown Court was told he had 'pulled the wool' over his GP's eyes but he was unable to fool doctors at the hospital.

While he was on 'observations' they spotted him eating, wiping his face and even writing.

Knight was told he would have to stand trial even if he did not attend, and he finally appeared in court in a wheel chair and wearing a neck brace.

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